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托斯丹·凡勃伦:有闲阶级论·摘录 13
托斯丹·凡勃伦《有闲阶级论》· The Theory of the Leisure Class · 投资
It may therefore be objected that there can have been no such initial stage of peaceable life as is here assumed. There is no point in cultural evolution prior to which fighting does not occur. But the point in question is not as to the occurrence of combat, occasional or sporadic, or even more or less frequent and habitual; it is a question as to the occurrence of an habitual; it is a question as to the occurrence of an habitual bellicose frame of mind--a prevalent habit of judging facts and events from the point of view of the fight. The predatory phase of culture is attained only when the predatory attitude has become the habitual and accredited spiritual attitude for the members of the group; when the fight has become the dominant note in the current theory of life; when the common-sense appreciation of men and things has come to be an appreciation with a view to combat.
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定位:Excerpt 13 · 核对日期:2026-10-19 · 核验:短摘录
白话
有人会反驳说:人类早期不可能有和平阶段,因为争斗从未停止过。但关键不在于争斗是否偶尔发生,而在于是否形成了一种好斗的心态——习惯从战斗的角度评判一切。只有当掠夺态度成为群体成员习惯且被认可的精神态度,当争斗成为生活理论的主旋律,当对人和事的常识性评价都着眼于战斗时,才算进入文化的掠夺阶段。所以,不要只看有没有打架,要看打架是否成了主流价值观。
上下文
凡勃伦《有闲阶级论》讨论文化演变的和平阶段与掠夺阶段之分,强调精神态度的转变。
今日一问
今天你评判人和事时,是否也带着某种“战斗”视角,把生活当成竞争?
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